From: Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@adalog.fr>
Subject: Re: Wiping a disk clean
Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2005 09:55:22 +0200
Date: 2005-08-03T09:55:22+02:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a9tpcd.pl.ln@hunter.axlog.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <hck0f15qufvpr720etmjiu1on68n3o5968@4ax.com>
Dennis Lee Bieber a �crit :
> I spent 20 years on a program where the only allowed means of
> removing a disk drive was to run it into a heavy demagnetizer... And I
> mean HEAVY -- it not only wiped the platter of magnetic traces, but also
> wiped the motor magnets and the head positioning magnets. IOW: no more
> drive (well, the drive controller card might be salvageble).
>
If you need *that* level of security, I would say nothing beats putting
the drive under a road roller...
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2005-08-02 23:11 Wiping a disk clean Larry Hazel
2005-08-03 3:28 ` Jeffrey Carter
2005-08-03 4:30 ` Larry Kilgallen
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2005-08-03 7:09 ` Keith Thompson
2005-08-03 13:02 ` Marc A. Criley
2005-08-04 11:33 ` Bobby D. Bryant
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2005-08-03 22:45 ` Keith Thompson
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2005-08-04 13:01 ` Marc A. Criley
2005-08-03 7:55 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen [this message]
2005-08-03 10:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2005-08-03 22:46 ` Keith Thompson
2005-08-04 6:03 ` Florian Weimer
2005-08-04 11:32 ` Bobby D. Bryant
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